This is the evidence that you can make jokes about rape that work and are funny. The punchline is that people who think rape is ok are fucking idiots. When other comedians make jokes where the punchline is a *ha ha* a chick got raped! *ha ha*, that isn't funny. It isn't that hard to figure it out.

Kanye West publicly embarrassed poor Taylor, resulting in her career skyrocketing and her becoming one of the top 5 artists on the charts! All Chris Brown did was send someone to the hospital. You see the difference there? Also, white and blond. Probably mostly that last bit.

United has the ticket at $800 roundtrip for first class.

The very first album I ever bought was The Greatest Love of All (and Thriller at the same time) to listen to on my brand new Sony Walkman. It was money I had saved up. I listened to that tape til it broke.

The days of being an X-Phile were so fun. Going into IRC .alt chat rooms in college was the best.

Yes, the insurance company would be on the hook for the contraception costs.

That 98% statistic is not about using hormonal contraception, it is about using ANY form of contraception. Contraception is defined to include withdrawl and periodic abstinence. Just to be clear on that. [www.guttmacher.org]

When any employer offers health insurance, the employee pays for part and the employer pays for part. Originally, the law would have required the employer to pay their share for an insurance policy that includes contraception. The church said, "We don't want to put our money towards birth control. You can't make us…

They work on a case-by-case basis to determine if an underage model is ready for the catwalk- if she will bring in the money, she will walk.

In the 1930's, choreographer George Balanchine became the powerhouse of ballet, and changed the definition of what a ballet dancer should look like. Prior to that, what you would consider a more typical body type was the norm in ballet. After him, the very very skinny body became the norm. So no, ballet does not…

It's still 4 out of 5. There are just 3 out of 4 who hide it well.

Blueprint!! That one was awesome!

This is really about more than Komen. There have been these little attacks on things women's health care happening in Congress and in legislatures all across the country. Those things are frustrating and difficult to fight, because many people feel disconnected from those things and powerless to make an immediate…

There's a new YA novel called The Unidentified by Rae Mariz, about high schools of the future run totally by marketers. The coolest kids get "branded," or endorsed, by a company, and they get special perks and better reputations. It was an intriguing concept.

I hear you, completely. C-sections are one of those things that people get really preachy and judgemental about. I actually discussed c-sections with my doctor and he told me that the insurance company pushes him to do them in many cases because of perceived risks of vaginal labor. There are also an increasing…

Whoa! You are reading too much between my lines! I didn't say anything about evil doctors. I also said the woman with the 12 lber should not have done what she did. I was pointing out that statistically, csections are increasing and some of the reasons include doctors trying to control for risks (which is not an…

Your comment is illustrating what I was saying. Doctors don't tell the mothers all their options, and they usually don't push a vaginal in cases where there is anything they consider questionable. Hospitals want to control timing and all that, so they push c-sections. Insurance won't cover VBACs. We are not saying…

First reaction behavior right after something happens is not always reliable. In college, I had something happen that was not rape (I'm not sure what it was- some form of lesser sexual assault maybe?), and right after it happened I ran to my best friend's dorm room and told her, but I was kind of nervous and giggly. …

Actually, doctors usually push for a c-section at the slightest indication of anything out of the ordinary, including size. They like to be able to control things with surgery. That is part of why the c-section rate is so high now in the US. The woman who had her 12 lber vaginally insisted on it. We shared a…

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